Photo Challenge: Macro

I often take pictures of my cooking and baking for my recipe blog, and last Saturday was no exception. Though I had just finished breakfast, looking at the photos made me hungry all over again. This was a new creation: Cranberry Orange Scones. Yes, they were as good as they look!

For the most part, I found this macro challenge to be extremely difficult. I think my old point and shoot, which died nearly a year ago, took better up-close shots than my new camera.



I think the dandelion would have been better in different lighting. It was much too bright outside.

Chester kindly volunteered to be my model for several poses. I thanked him profusely since he generally turns away when he sees the camera.



He let me focus on his eyes.


And his nose.


I love the colors in the above photo if nothing else.


As I was walking around the yard looking for miniature things to capture with my lens, I spied several of these glistening egg masses on the peach tree. I have no idea what they are, but they're really beautiful in the sunlight.





Yesterday afternoon Collin brought me a daisy. I immediately thought of the macro challenge, but the camera wouldn't focus very well on the center. I then tried magnifying it, which worked fairly well, as long as I held the magnifying glass to the end of the camera lens rather than in front of the object.

This challenge was difficult, but more fun than I thought it would be. For more macro pictures, join us at Rebecca's house.